Henry Ford also openly supported the Nazi party and published anti-jewish propaganda. Not really a “great american’. Ford also had scattered religious beliefs. Unconventional, but very religious. Kurt Vonnegut was an adamant atheist, but didn’t mind people who were religious, and even encouraged people to follow religion because he recognized how positive it could be in people’s lives. This list contains at least four or five people who had religious beliefs, and a few agnostics. I would define atheist as someone who has a belief system revolving around the concept of no God, as opposed to an Agnostic or someone… Read more »

I’m just saying… But wasn’t Einstien technically a German Jew? I’m not saying he wasn’t atheist, I’m just saying I’m not sure he was American. If he was then nevermind this post… Doo dee dee.. daaa daaa da.. Hail Christ!

“as opposed to an Agnostic or someone who doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t participate in organized religion but still has spiritual and/or religion-oriented beliefs.” That’s not what an agnostic is,: “a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience. ” Or, in layman’s terms, someone that understands that they don’t know enough to make a decision on something so far beyond their own ability to think. They don’t need to be spiritual and/or have religion-oriented beliefs to be agnostic. They merely have… Read more »

I’m bored: Magaret (spelt wrong up there) Sanger – Believed in eugenics. Nice in theory, has always been terrible in practise. Not Great Ford – Nazi, anti-semite. Religious. Einstein – Moved to america as an old man. Religious. Lance Armstrong – No one will remember who he is in a few decades. Hemingway – Disliked organized religion. Never claimed to be an atheist. Friends said he remained religion inspite of leaving the church. Terry Prachett- British. Google indicates that he lives in Wiltshire, England. George Bernard Shaw – Irish, lived in England most of his life. Random TV icons –… Read more »

Einstein: “I believe in Spinoza’s God, who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God Who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind.” “My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment.” “In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize,… Read more »

I have no right in questioning someone’s faith, I do, however, have the right to question someone’s intelligence. Who ever made this list was a idiot and grotesquely misinformed, and no better than the people who hand out pamphlets saying Harry Potter makes children satanists. It looks as if they thought anyone who contributed to the world scientifically ETC had to be an atheist. Thus once again, proving once again, idiots exist on all sides of the debates. On another thought, why the hell is Lance Armstrong on the list? Next to the obvious fact he’s done nothing particularly great… Read more »

Aint Penn or teller Canadian? And Thomas “alba” edison i heard that he was either spanish or someway latin-american(alba is in spanish and means dawn i belive not sure) same with billy joel as i heard. hepburn while she was alive (and young) she was really hot. and yes she was from england. by the way einstein was a religous amn(just a little) but later when the nuklear bomb exploded he become a little or complete atheist not sure.
but heck ask thier zombies.

@Magnus: You’re the first person to use the word ‘Genius’ here. And considering this person seems to be looking for positive atheist role-models to prove atheist worth, than yes. A Great Industrialist is not necessarily a Great Person. I certainly would pretend that Ford was part of my group just to score some points. Also, Margaret Sanger was a dickhead who hurt humanity by merely existing, not a genius. @acid monkey – no no no no no. Penn and Teller and American. Alba means ‘Scotland’ in Scotish Gaelic, but his middle name was Alva. He was born in Ohio and… Read more »

@vygramul Here the context of that quote: www.sacred-texts.com/aor/einstein/einsci.htm Now, even though the realms of religion and science in themselves are clearly marked off from each other, nevertheless there exist between the two strong reciprocal relationships and dependencies. Though religion may be that which determines the goal, it has, nevertheless, learned from science, in the broadest sense, what means will contribute to the attainment of the goals it has set up. But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however, springs from the sphere of religion.… Read more »

Making advances for genocide doesn’t strike me as something that should be admired. Mengele was an atheist too- I definitely wouldn’t peg him as representational of the philosophy, but that’s what he was. He made some important medical discoveries (usually purely by accident, since he was much more interested in finding out how twins “work” than he was in science).

Margaret Sanger founded PP as part of her quest to exterminate “undesirables”.

I know it’s been stated on here somewhere, but just to get this across, Einstein is quoted with saying, “God doesn’t play dice with the universe,” as a response to the theory of quantum physics. He’s also not even fucking American.

well as I said before is something that I heard. but thanks for the advice. I have a cuestion to this matter. what do you mean by being american the ideology or just the birth place?
because somtimes its seems that is more important the ideology or am I wrong?

Well I always suppoused that north amercians have an idelogy. and that idea of mine was reinfiroced with that image. People from other places having ideas in usa and usa getin the credit for it. Ie Einstein. But i supouse Im wrong… rigth?

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